Telegram-herald., 1887-09-15

r FkAssoeA.x wss 1ss1s aea's c2zr@~
- fxesa k1sas fszs< -

&ocazl sa.zs e fs1ees 81 r-s sszz1est fe<s98
80 ssar eAes ths eeza - lsae ese
bxEss vist - az srzE fr.ea3 wAo Hlakss sss
k0zae 60 tks sEsst O. sc sal t1z. rssetzs
doau - LIS E1se1. - 3 - tFF@s.eQs EIsl
oEezei 1sy syes- f1s Az11rets - s=@stssS x
- s~ Fkss kss ss9l< sa-s Al AaVs zazzs
ssea tae fsaces szvls1Eaat. - ~sss4ea -
frsa ~ stons sa-TsRFs Iast boreeF l1s ra&d
a. e. e. - eearafters ~ tas o1llsFs IS
pia.aly a. r. tae rfa nsea ha5 GORE 90 sad
srsrtaa ikesn 10 rts aast Al least. tszt .
srszs ug aTf.s1- ,kzfescp1eF frisn6 ssd es we
ssosa resz 80 ea<zEfai sll-as. aad &c ozZAG
% i1zs3x
Take ~. ssy Goalds feaee. fer instsnce
Kz0Einz tie nan = ye1 %. lA..E wsssd yo1
expect - izlzt A fiDzsF sfETle.sse that wsui
- aalf tes csws q tEs aelg4oosa aood stray
inEo ths grounds. o. give wsa1eT.ag traaaps
"a opportunity 10 drop Ia and cea ca ths
l1ttis sFsat Inzns Heli. hardy Yea know
tat of al ths feaces thai sauE "a tksoss acres
q sailing Asa xAa SHADED woodland thzt
stretch "a country h7nss foF Enl.zs and miiss
along he Hudson. tkers : 40 stronger fence
than rs There i no nsed - tel you that.
You know Is already, even though yoa have
nsyeF sea his eouatFy pace.
TO SHUT N GILEf0SS
The feace Is buIt IS II 70 shus IA Millions.
ffs broad stone sections. closely csmeHt,i,
sAos not the smallest cTevtce through Nhich
any of tae 0Q.Slle world can penetrate The
seoas coeing that crowns the whole sslesis tbs
F-in jlsz as is owner slakrs OF the envy Of
thoee ABOUT hiEa, and tne thick masonry.
strong as a prisea wall, seems u keep out
everything q sympathy and u affection. Is
l. too hard climbing i0r thess Sentier virtues
% Get over TIA fence. And then, as X 20
crown ths whole, thick hedge rises behind
the wall and selfshly shuts out from fres
view The beautiful grounds and the river
below. But not al scifishly. IN enc place a
great tree has grown just in the line n the
wall. and SO that the tree may nor he harmed
| the solid fence takes suddea dip around II,
making chari-abls Y, with the tree in the
rniidle, and then continuing IN the same
straight line.
Massive square gate posts guard the two
| entrances. ard the gates are OF severely plain
| tifnbegs, heavy enough 70 do duly IS batter
ing rams There are two lodges. too, one az
each gate. Past one Of these tie public Is
| usually allowed 70 drive, 70 see The grounds.
| The other is the private entrance, and Is
| always jealonsly closed The public can so
! Just 50 far and no further That IS what Mr.
Goalds fence is Ike Couldn't you have
| guessed it,
| Only n few doors from Mr. Gould's place
| Mr. Jafrray, the dry goods man, has built up
| fence 10 stand between himself and the out
side world 1t is just such a good, sub
| s.antial, Presbyterian sort Of fence es you
| would expect from self-reiiant business
man. 10 show there, no pretense, nothing
| OF the kind. A low, smoothly finished stone
wall, Just to let people know where the lawn
| ends and the road begins There isn't much
foliage in the way, and from the road one
can see far back, after tho manner OF places
that have nothing 70 hide On the SIDE be
has left an old-fasnioned wooden paling
standing, fifty-year-od fence, such as we
| all used 20 climb and swing. on xears and
years ago when she was with Us still--she
with her young eyes that somehow have
never since been matched. But that was
long ago, and really hasn't very much to dc
with Mr. JaGray's character as shown in hi.
fences. Only a very successful man could
afford 70 let such an old fence stand as the
one al the side OF the house, but with his III
dependent principles he doesn't mind.
THE MOST ARTISTIC FENCE.
Tiffany. who runs his fingers through heapi
| Of diamonds as careieszly as another dips water
in bis hands, and whose eyes have learned tc
look only on the pretty things of life, tells al
this TO the veriest passer-by who cares 20 looi
al his fence Next door 70 the stone church
and only a short distance from JafIIayi
home, anybody can tell that those broaf
gates lead mp 70 the home Of one who is al
heart an artist. There is no striving after
| effect, no straining 20 make an impression
and vet TIE entrance Is perhaps the mos
artistic Of any that tempt one along the road
Double gates Of real rustic work-not th'
factory made stuff-invite you in, and over
head kind of canopy reaches from post L
post and forms graceful arch. A paneles
rustic fence, with each panel different iron
tho other, tells OF a character not afraid OF ig
novatiosls, and suggested careIessneSs abou
the pIacs makes IL look homelke, as if h
really lived there and did not keep il for SHOW
alone.
Driving slowly homeward while the shad
ows were purpling on the hills across th
river, the substantial wall that shuts in tn
Harper place seemed all in sympathy witt
the quiet Of the hour. The lawn comes clea
down 10 the edge of the bank of masonry
and here and there creeps over IL rs if the.
were the best of friends. Daisies are no
afraid to grow there and between the crev
ices they peep out boldly as Il they know the.
J would not be disturbed. Conservative an
English "a the careful head Of the great pub
fishing house, the wall with the banked-u
earth reaching to its very top, solid as th
rampant of fq.t, has yet something 0
: frisndllness about it. and really believe it
the only place for Gfteen miles about where
! tramp would dare enter and ask for food.
. And now haviu. learned 50 much fenc
lore,-let ne give just one more picture an
: you shall guess At tbe character yourself
fercs built Of big, round bowlderS, so larg
that two of fh~in reach above your waist
xitb G mass Of grec1eTy growing over al
making It look more rustic than i really ]:
An an sfeial rustic gate, made in the shop
( a gate of bcuzhs snd twisted roots. tgrne
2 by machinery and not by nature Over thi
, queer wooden gate. that trios 80 hsrl 70
| natural. sand has lpoen sifted until IL glisten
. ! in the sunlight as IL it were % irol So 20
can take ycar choice and cail it iron Or WOO
!, OF anything you r'esse. ord yet Be right Th
strip q turf that runs do7vn % the roadva
: i kept scrupaiousiY neat. snd The braves
e daizT that ever lifted its head % the sunlizf
: wouldn't dare show i1self n such painful
] out-of-the-way place. Il.ct is Mr. Field
= I f.-~~ r T,,--eEs IN ~orv Xr-k W1r-1